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I'm switching from Consolas to Source Code Pro Font!This font works in Emacs on Mac OS X!

Let the fixed width font war begin. Apple Vs. Microsoft vs. Adobe.

:( I've been living with roommates for a few years in SF. I want to move to a 1BR place I guess it won't happen till the bust happens.

Hmm if you statically link everything gcc needs would cross-compiling from another computer not feasible?

Good work but I have some issues with the concept. I mean using all the keyboard shortcuts must be a pain. Did they try to make it use the touch interface at all?

Great article. Did anyone go to google finance and notice that Zynga took out a 100 million dollar loan? http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-30/zynga-gets-100-m...

Have they blown through a ton of cash and are worried about dipping into their reserves?

Build it Bigger on the science / discovery channel had an episode about how they build the subways in NY. It was a cool episode. http://science.discovery.com/videos/build-it-bigger-season5-...

I don't see much evidence of what the title says in the article. It just is based on anecdotal evidence. This is on par with a blog post by some random person. I'm surprised SFGate would publish this.

Agreed. I feel like an idiot for not learning statistics well enough in college. Only want to analyze big data!

Netflix was really close to disrupting Cable TV. Unfortunately, the cable providers and satellite providers can pay more to the content producers. I imagine that Showtime left Netflix because they realized the cable fees brought in more cash. Someone is going to have to show Internet distribution will result in more profits.

DirecTV's technology is already obsolete to be honest. Their ability to make changes is so slow.

They are turning things around ever so slightly at groupon. They have gone from negative operating income to positive. Still no income after taxes. I doubt that Groupon that will really turn a profit.

This sounds like Star Trek where money is abolished and everyone just simply lives. I've always wondered why anyone would want to join Starfleet? It seems like they went out into space and weren't really compensated in any manner.

I'd say the people working on robots and stuff would have no incentive to work. They would simply become part of the 'non-working' class.

Who was this person who rented the car? He was driving in the wrong lane. What kind of screening did RelayRides do?

I heard no mention of how the keyboard input will work. I love using Emacs. The keyboard short cuts sometimes seem so odd but come in handy.

It is more of a defensive move than an offensive one it sounds like.

They have been lazy in essence. They decided not to backport the fix because it is too hard or it didn't fit in the schedule to ship CS6 out of the door.

A lot of people I know simply throw away things. It hurts sometimes. However, sometimes it is tough given that technology simply becomes old so fast.

I do think that there are certain electronics that can last along time. In particular, it annoys me when people buy LCD TVs and one year down the road throw it away because it stopped working. The manufactures give limited warranty and suggest to buy another one. I purposely bought a TV with a much longer warranty, three years. It did cost 3x as much as a cheaper one from costco. It does look wonderful and function nearly 4 years after I bought it.

I agree. It depends on what subset of C and C++ is used. If macros are used the only way to actually verify the code will be to pre-process it. Worse is if templates are used. Some templates don't even finish compiling.

http://cpptruths.blogspot.com/2005/11/c-templates-are-turing...

Most likely no one will write such a template in a mission critical system. However, from a formal verification standpoint the only way to verify the code is to check the binaries.

A lot of ideas are just rehashing of old things applied to new circumstances. This is kinda surprising though!

It makes no sense for a business to offer this. I'm surprised it has taken them this long to finally do something about it.

Thanks. My site went down and we were trying to get some new user on today. We held on and things seem to be ok now!

I felt that webOS was immature. There was places that weren't smooth. Also, some of the web rendering was just messed up. I have seen characters broken in two.

:(. As others have noted advisors recommend he should veto it. I hope the President directly says that he will veto it. If this gets passed and goes through I'll be really disappointed.

The guy who went and implemented is a true hacker. He deserves applause. Everyone has those conversations where people say wouldn't this be funny. That guy did it and will forever live in the annuals of HTML. I should unleash a practical joke of my own...

I really want to pre-order one. Reading the comments it seems like a gamble. It is possible, I really hope not, they won't end up making the watch. Any guesses how much it will cost 'retail'? In essence, I want the discount rate I'm getting for taking a gamble on them.

In SF is going to get a Target in the downtown shopping area. Same story as Seattle going to Target meant going to a sub-urban area.

I suspect that watch could last maybe a few days without charging. I am quite tempted to get one however if it needs to be charged every few days it might be annoying when traveling. I already have to carry enough cables when I travel.

cars != freedom. cars == parking nightmare. I always feel so free when I don't have to think about finding parking.

How often do people need directions to a place where they have been before? Most of the time I don't need directions once I've driven there. However, I have gotten stuck in traffic because I didn't check if it the regular route was the fastest way there.

I agree. If there was a TLDR; it'd have been nice :).

It is hot as hell in Austin in the Summer. The humidity sometimes kicks in too.